Brick-mold bumper and palette-holder combined



(No Model.) GpL. DOTY.

BRICK MOLD BUMPER AND PALETTE HOLDER COMBINED.

No. 284,727 I 'Patente pt. 11, 1883.

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GEORGE L. DOTY, OF MIDDLETOWVN, OHIO.

BRICK-MOLD BUMPER AND PALETTE-HOLDER COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,727, datedSeptember 11, 1883.

Application filedJune 9, 1883. (No model.)

T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. DOTY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Middletown, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Mold Bumper andPalette- Holder Combined; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2,a top plan View, and Fig. 3 a rear side elevation.

This invention relates to certain new and useful iniprov ements in amold-bump er and pal.- ette-holder, the object thereof being to providea portable device of this character for use in the manufacture of bricksby machinery that will be simple in its construction, and easy andeffective in its operation to loosen the bricks in their molds and placethem on the palettes, ready for off-bearing, without altering theirsymmetry. This object I attain by the construction substantially asshown in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents a suitable bench, provided with rollers B,011 which rests and oscillates a guide-board, O, forthe reception of themolds D, though, if desired, the guide-board may be omitted and themolds placed directly on the rollers, the object and purpose of saidguide-board being to prevent wear and tear upon the molds.

At the ends of the bench A are adjustably secured bumpers E, againstwhich the molds strike when oscillated from right to left, for thepurpose of loosening the bricks. After the bricks have been thusthoroughly loosened, a palette, F, being in position upon rests a,secured to a hinged table, G, the molds containing said bricks areturned over and dumped thereon, said table being normally held in nearlya vertical position by a weight attached to a crank-lever, I,connecting-at its back and extending outwardly from the front of themachine, as shown at b, so as to be easily worked, when necessary, bythe operators knee or foot. The loaded molds being heavier than theweight H causes the hinged table Gto assume a horizontal position. Themolds are then removed, leaving the bricks upon the palette F, alreadyin positionupon said table.

I The palette, with the bricks, being borne off,

and bricks have been removed therefrom, said palette and holder havingbeen dropped to a horizontal position while the filled palette is atrest on the table, the holder resting on a suitable stop, (I. when thushorizontally depressed. A catch, 0, is secured to the back of thepaletteholder, and is controlled by a spring-rod, f, said catch bearingagainst the left or lower edge of the palette'when in place upon theholder. As the table G returns toward its normal position, it comes incontact with the catch 6, and depresses the same, so

that it will disengage and allow the palette to drop in place thereon,and the holder L, being provided with a weight, g, at its lower end,rises to its upright situation, out of the way of the workmen and readyfor the reception of another palette.

By the employment of a device of the character described in connectionwith brick-machines the same may be worked in the dryingsheds, and thussave the wear and tear usual to the palettes by having to transfer themto and from the machines at a distance away from the drying sheds orgrounds, and said device, being light, is easily moved from one place toanother.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined mold-bumper and palette holder for brick-machines,consisting of a suitable bench provided with rollers adapted to receivea guide-board or mold, the adjustable bumpers secured to the ends ofsaid bench, a weighted hinged table operated by a cranklever, and aweighted holder for spare pal ettes, pivotally secured to the bench,substan tially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the bench A, pro-v vided with rollers 13, and aweighted hinged table, G, operated by a Weighted crank-lever, rod f,substantially as and for the purpose de- I, of the adjustable bumpers Eand the autoscribed.

matic palette-holder L, substantially as and In testimony that I claimthe above I have for the purpose specified. hereunto subscribed my namein the presence 5 3. The combination, with the bench A, havof twoWitnesses.

ing rollers 13, adjustable bumpers E, and

weighted hinged table G, of the guideboard O, mold D, and thepalette-holder L, pivotally Witnesses:

secured to the bench, and provided with J. M. LA TOURRETTE,

1o spring-clamps 0, stop (I, catch a, and spring- V. H. TODI-IUNTER.

GEORGE L. DOTY.

